We are looking for a
Senior Node.js Developer with strong hands-on experience building, scaling, and maintaining production backend systems.
This role requires more than theoretical knowledge: we are looking for someone who can demonstrate senior-level expertise in Node.js, API architecture, performance troubleshooting, distributed systems, and technical decision-making.
-
Proven experience with Node.js backend development in production environments
-
Strong knowledge of scalable API architecture
-
Experience with performance optimization and troubleshooting
-
Solid understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven systems
-
Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL database design and optimization
-
Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
-
Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and observability practices
-
Understanding of distributed systems concepts
-
Ability to explain Node.js internals, including the Event Loop, Worker Threads, and Child Processes
-
Experience handling race conditions, duplicate requests, and idempotency
-
Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills
-
Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js
-
Build and optimize APIs capable of handling high traffic volumes
-
Investigate and resolve production performance issues
-
Contribute to architectural decisions and technical planning
-
Ensure backend systems are reliable, observable, and maintainable
-
Collaborate with teams to improve system performance and scalability
-
Mentor junior developers and support technical growth within the team
-
Implement preventive measures after production incidents
-
Experience designing systems handling millions of API requests per day
-
Experience with microservice architectures and monolithic-to-microservice trade-offs
-
Strong background in production incident management
-
Previous experience in technical leadership or mentoring roles
-
Experience working with high-availability or distributed systems
-
Senior-level backend development role
-
Focus on production-grade Node.js systems
-
Opportunity to contribute to architecture and technical decisions
-
Work with scalable APIs, distributed systems, monitoring, and performance optimization
-
Collaboration with a technical team that values ownership, structured problem-solving, and high-quality engineering
